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®
GENESIS 5500 Series
™
Perma-Mount
Natural Gas Barbecue
Owner’s Manual
®
WARNING: Follow all leak check
WARNING: Do not try to light this
procedures carefully in this manual prior
appliance without reading "Lighting"
to barbecue operation. Do this even if
instructions section of this manual.
barbecue was dealer assembled.
THIS GAS APPLIANCE IS DESIGNED FOR
OUTDOOR USE ONLY.
NOTICE TO INS
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DANGER Failure to follow the Dangers, Warnings and Cautions contained in this Owner’s Manual may result in serious bodily injury or death, or in a fire or an explosion causing damage to property. WARNINGS Do not store a spare or disconnected LP tank under or near this barbecue. Improper assembly may be dangerous. Please carefully follow the assembly instructions in this manual. After a period of storage, and/or nonuse, the Weber Gas Barbecue should be checked for gas leaks and bur
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WARRANTY Weber-Stephen Products Co. (Weber) hereby There are no other express warrants except as warrants to the ORIGINAL PURCHASER of set forth herein and any applicable implied this Weber Gas Barbecue that it will be free of warranties of merchantability and fitness are defects in material and workmanship from the limited in duration to the period of coverage of date of purchase as follows: this express written Limited Warranty. Some states do not allow limitation on how long an Aluminum Casti
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PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS © 1996 Weber. Weber, , Genesis, Flavorizer and Crossover are registered U.S. trademarks; Perma-Mount, Gas Catcher, FlameCheck, Steam-N-Chips, Spider Stopper, and Warm-Up are U.S. trademarks of Weber-Stephen Products Co., 200 East Daniels Road, Palatine, IL 60067-6266. U.S.A. Printed in the U.S.A. 4
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Contents WARNINGS................................................................ 2 Warranty & Patents.................................................. 3-4 General Instructions.................................................... 6 Assembly ............................................................... 7-34 Operating Instructions Lighting........................................................ 35-37 Cooking ............................................................ 37 After a Period of Nonuse
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General Instructions Your Weber Gas Barbecue is a stationary outdoor Storage cooking appliance. With the Weber Gas Barbecue you The gas must be turned OFF at the natural gas can grill, barbecue, roast and bake with results that are supply when the Weber Gas Barbecue is not in use. difficult to duplicate with indoor kitchen appliances. The closed lid and Flavorizer Bars produce that "outdoor" flavor in the food. Operating area The natural gas supply is easy to use and gives you WARNING: Only
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Notice Before Installation Contact your local municipality for any building codes regulating outdoor barbecue installations. In absence of local codes, you must conform to the latest edition of ANSI Z223.1. WE RECOMMEND THAT THIS INSTALLATION BE DONE BY A PROFESSIONAL. Outside underground piping General Specifications Outside underground piping may be copper tubing, type for Piping K or L (ASTM B88) or polyethylene plastic tube PE3306 (Minimum wall thickness .062") meeting ASTM 2513, American N
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Typical natural gas supply installation to a Typical natural gas supply installation over concrete patio or pad an existing post View from behind barbecue View from behind barbecue Outside Outside Accessible Locking Shut off Accessible Locking Shut off Inside Indoor Shut off Inside Gas Supply Indoor Shut off Gas Supply Figure 1 Figure 3 CAUTION: Follow "General Specifications for Piping" in this manual. WARNING: Turn off the natural gas supply at the We recommend that this installation be don
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Recommended concrete pad requirements Typical installation of the base for an existing concrete patio or a new pad We recommend a pad a minimum of 40 inches left to right, 20 inches front to back and 4 inches deep (1.85 After assembling the base (see Steps 2 and 3), position cubic feet). Figure 4. the base assembly on your concrete patio for mounting. Note - Cubic feet is determined by multiplying length CAUTION: Combustible materials should never be times width times depth and dividing by 1728
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Method 2 Typical base installation for a wood deck A concrete lag bolt, a minimum of 3/8 inch x 2 1/2 inches After assembling the base according to the assembly long with a 3/8 inch diameter long lag shield and a instructions, position the base assembly on your deck for 3/8 inch flat washer. Figure 7. anchoring. Note - Use a 5/8 inch concrete drill bit for drilling the hole CAUTION: Combustible materials should never be for the lag shield. within 24 inches of the top, bottom, back or sides of
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® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® Step 1 Assembly Check package contents Tools needed Screwdrivers, regular and Cooking box (assembly) Phillips Hammer Lid Two 7/16 inch, one 5/8, 11/16, and 3/4 inch open end or (assembly) two adjustable wrenches Pliers Bottom tray Level Electric drill Front panel Supplies needed Accessory tray You will need a soap and water solution to check for gas leaks. (See Step "Check for gas leaks.") Note - The hardware size of nuts, bolts, and screws is given. For example "1/4-20 x 2 i
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Work table Left frame Two swing tables Upright frame Left end panel (#1) 1 Brace panel Panels and doors are identified with removable stickers. Please leave on during assembly. Frame connector with bushings 2 Three back panels (#2) Frame connector 3 Two front/back Right end panel (#3) base panels Left hand glass LH door assembly (LH) Steam-N-Chips Smoker body RH Two right hand glass door assemblies (RH) Steam-N-Chips Smoker flue Serving tray Steam-N-Chips Smoker water pan Barbecue gas supply
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Two left/right base panels Right hand slide bar assembly Assembly consists of: Warm-Up Basket Right hand slide bar Five long Flavorizer Bars Support rod Seven short Flavorizer Bars Slide Two cross brace assemblies Left hand slide bar assembly Assemblies consist of: Assembly consists of: Left hand slide bar 7/16-14 square lock nuts (actual size) Support rod 7/16-14 x 2 1/2 inch hex head bolts (actual size) Slide Mount plates Side burner assembly Cross brace Burner grate Side burner knob Two side
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Check contents of hardware packs Right frame Three burner control knobs Upright frame FlameCheck Button Warming rack Three tool holders Cooking grate Eight tubing plugs (two are spares) Narrow cooking grate Manifold bracket Catch pan holder Four 10-24 x 1 3/4 inch machine screws (actual size) Catch pan Four 10-24 hex nuts (actual size) Two drip pans Two hinge pins Thermometer (hardware size: 1/4 x 1 1/2 inch clevis pin) (actual size) Five 1/4-20 x 2 inch bolts (actual size) Eleven 1/4-20 x 1/2
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1/4-20 keps nut Thirteen 1/4-20 hex nuts (actual size) Forty two nylon washers (actual size) Nine 1/4-20 x 1 1/2 inch bolts (actual size) Two hair pin cotters (actual size) Four 1/4 inch fender washers (actual size) Gas line bracket Four plastic buttons Two swing table end brackets 15
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Step 2 Step 3 Assemble base Finish base assembly You will need: left/right base panels, front/back base You will need: partial base assembly, two cross brace panels, four 1/4-20 x 1/2 inch bolts, eight nylon washers assemblies, four 1/4-20 x 1 1/2 inch bolts, four nylon and four 1/4-20 hex nuts. washers, four 1/4 inch fender washers, four 1/4-20 hex nuts and two 7/16 inch wrenches. Position a left/right base panel with a front/back base panel (flanges down) with left/right base panel on the H
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Turn the base assembly over or right side up. (Flanges Step 4 are now up.) Level the base Set the base in position on your deck, concrete pad, or You will need: base assembly, level, 5/8 inch and 3/4 inch patio for anchoring. To level, set a level on the top flange wrenches. of a front/back base panel. Hold the mounting plate up and use a 5/8 inch wrench to turn the hex head of the Using the 3/4 inch wrench, loosen the locking nuts leveling bolts until level. Figure 4. (square nuts). Figure 3.
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Step 5 Step 6 Assemble the frame Continue frame assembly You will need: left frame, right frame, two nylon You will need: frame assembly, two upright frames, front washers, two 1/4-20 x 1/2 inch bolts and a 7/16 inch panel, four 1/4-20 x 1/2 inch bolts, four nylon washers and wrench. a 7/16 inch wrench. Note - Work on carpeted area (on grass, or on one of Assemble one upright frame onto the leg tabs of the right the boxes) to protect the finish during frame assembly. frame, and the second upr
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Step 7 Step 8 Complete frame assembly Insert bottom tubing plugs You will need: partial frame assembly, one frame You will need: frame assembly, four tubing plugs and a connector with bushings, one frame connector without hammer. bushings, four 1/4-20 x 2 inch bolts, four nylon washers Insert the tubing plugs into the ends of the two upright and a 7/16 inch wrench. frames. To fully seat the plugs, you may have to tap them Hold the frame connector with the bushings between the lightly with a ha
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Step 10 Step 11 Secure frame assembly to anchored base Install left end panel You will need: completed frame assembly, four 1/4-20 x 1 You will need: frame assembly and left end panel 1/2 inch bolts, eight nylon washers, four 1/4-20 hex nuts, (Number 1). four plastic buttons and a 7/16 inch wrench. Place the bottom of the left end panel on the upright frame lower cross piece. Set the end panel upright in CAUTION: The base must be anchored at all four place. Figure 12. anchor points prior to
